Bilateral olivary hypertrophy and palatal myoclonus.
We report on a case of palatal myoclonus associated with olivary hypertrophy on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in a 63-year-old man. This rare radiological finding must be differentiated from a brainstem tumor.
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Service de Neurologie, Hopital Bretonneau, Tours, France.
De Toffol
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Cottier
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Autret
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D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D001933:Brain Stem; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009207:Myoclonus / Q000209:etiology*; D009847:Olivary Nucleus / Q000473:pathology*; D010160:Palate, Soft